Try, Tried
Try, Tried
is rendered “to try” in the AV in 1Co 3:13; 1Th 2:4; 1Pe 1:7; 1Jo 4:1, see PROVE, No. 1.
is rendered “to try” in Heb 11:17; Rev 2:2, Rev 2:10; Rev 3:10. In Act 16:7 it is rendered “assayed;” in Act 24:6, RV, “assayed” (AV, “hath gone about”): see GO, Note (2) (b). See EXAMINE, PROVE, TEMPT. Cp. peirao in Act 26:21, RV, “assayed” (AV, “went about”); see GO, Note (2) (c).
Notes: (1) In Rev 3:18, AV, puroo, in the Passive Voice, “to be purified by fire” (RV, “refined”), is rendered “tried.” (2) For dokimion, Jam 1:3, AV, “trying,” see PROOF. (3) For dokimos, Jam 1:12, AV, “tried,” see APPROVED. (4) In 1Pe 4:12, AV, the phrase pros peirasmon, lit., “for trial,” i.e., “for testing,” is rendered “to try (you),” RV, “to prove (you).”